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MR. BRYANTS RECEPTION IN INDIA
In ilB issue of March 28 "The Times of In
dia" giving an-nccount of Mr. Bryan's reception in
Bombay prints the following report:
"Dr. Mnchichnn, In opening the proceedings,
Bald the distinguished gentleman who was about
to address them needod no introduction to a,
Bombay audience or to auy audience. (Hoar,
hoar.) This was the first journey which he had
made around the world and the first visit ho had
paid to their city, but his reputation and fame
had made their world-wide journey before him,
and he came among them as one whom many In
all nations regarded with admiration and esteem.
(Applause.) Whatever might be their political
sympathies they all admired the heroic contest
in which he was engaged some years ago and
those qualities which evoked so much enthusiasm
in the American nation, and they had that night
shown by the unprecedented numbers in which
they had assembled how gladly they welcomed
amongst them this distinguished American citi
zen and how deeply honored they felt by his
visit. (Applause.) But it was no political plat
form on which they met that night. It was a
broader platform of those things which appealed
to the heart of a.11 humanity and the Hon. Mr.
Bryan was to speak to them not of politics, or
political contests but of the great problems which
concerned all of them assembled there. He
thought they might take it that one of the lessons
of the lecture would be a lesson pf the lecturer's
own life that no political reputation could be en
during or beneficial that was not based upon a
deep sense of moral responsibility and that did
not spring from the highest spirit of self-sacrifice.
It was those qualities in Mr. Bryan which formed
the foundation of his enormous influence, and
he thought it no small honor to the city that it
had had the opportunity of listening to such a
great man. (Hear, hear.) He might say that
mingled with a desire to honor Mr. Bryan, it was
also their desire to show their respect to the
great nation which he represented. (Applause.)
India was not unmindful of the many services
which through many generations America had "
rendered to this country. In times of prosperity
and in times of adversity India had owed much
to the country from which Mr Bryan had come
and they welcomed him as a distinguished man
and as a distinguished representative of a great
country. (Applause.) But he would not stand
longer between them and their expectations, and
would ciall upon the Hon. Mr. Bryan to address
them. (Applause.)
Hero follows a report of Mr. Bryan's address
on "The1 Brotherhood of Man." The Times report
concludes ag follows:
"The Hon. Mr. Fulton said the vote that ho
had to propose was one which he felt sure they
would receive with acclamation, Jind that was a
most hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Bryan for the
great lecture that he had delivered to them that
evening. (Applause.) At the commencement o
his address Mr. Bryan spoke with modest depre
cation of the expectations which had been formed,
but now they found that those expectations had
been fully realized. (Hear, hear.) They felt that
they were founded upon a true instinct, and as
he spoke of the good effect of a kindly act, he
(the speaker) could not help thinking that it was
ho that night who was putting itno practicev his .
own ideas (hear, hear) because if a man in his
position who had been able to sway vast audi
ences in a great nation of the world were to
come there to address them, who wer.e all strang
ers to him, in the manner that he had done, it
was an act of kindness for which they could not
be too grateful. (Applause.) He thought that
hereafter when they saw his name in the papers
they would think of this kindly act that he had
done that evening (applause) and if hereafter
he was called to the highest position in the great
republic they would all remember with pride
and pleasure that they had the opportunity of
meeting him that evening. (Applause.) He
would not detain them any longer but would move
a hearty vote of thanks to Mr.- Bryan.
"The vote was carried with acclamation.
"The chairman said he would now in a brief,
word convey to the Hon. Mr. Bryan the vote
which by such hearty acclamation had been passed
that night. He felt sure that they would all re
member this occasion and they would remember
especially this fact in the history of the great
statesman, who was with them .that night, that
hie life had been based upon those principles
which he had expounded with such eloquence and
which had drawn out to him that enthusiasm
which had gathered around him in the political
life which he had spent in his own land. (Ap
plause.) In conclusion he wished to say that
this was a time of special privilege for Bombay,
because during the next week they would havo
the honor of listening to two Japanese orators,
who were visiting Bombay and who were coming
to India to speak to the Indian people or the
great up-lifting of the national life of their
country.
' "The proceedings then terminated.
, In its Jssue of March 28, the Advocate of
India,' prints an extended report of the Bombay
reception, saying that the great audience "was
worthy of the man," also, "it was, perhaps, the
most graceful act of courtesy that Bombay could
pay to its distinguished visitor that he was re
ceived with unstinted enthusiasm by an assembly,
the greater part of which belonged to a separate
race and followed other faiths. By 6 o'clock
every available inch of space was occupied, the
entire hall being filled from the organ loft to the
balcony in the rear of the building. Mr. Bryan's
appearance on the platform was a signal for a
wonderful demonstration of enthusiasm."
The Advocate of India concludes as-follows:
"There can be only one conclusion regarding the
meeting. Mr. Bryan discharged his great and
difficult task with complete success. Consider
ing the nature and the diversity of his audience,
he handled his theme with consummate -skill and
tact, and he sat down, leaving the fame of his
name as an orator undiminished. It was" hardly
an address to which we listened. It was still less
a sermon. It was not a piece of declamation or
rhetoric. It was something of them alh With
the true instinct of the orator, Mr. Bryan can
adapt himself to the mental condition of his
audience. He did that last night with remarkable
success. There was nothing doctrinaire or dog
matic about him, and hardly anything didactic.
And yet he spoke with the might which thrills
with deeply cherished convictions and beliefs."
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